Commercials

I'm home in the middle of the day and I watch T.V. and movies on T.V. a lot. I enjoy the movies but commercials are annoying. But I do think it's funny to guess who the target audience is for the commercials. Most of the time the commercials are about going to college, usually an on-line college or something like that, or weight-loss products, stop smoking products, or medicare. So they're expecting a fat, old, smoker who has no degree to be watching T.V. in the middle of the day. Sometimes, when I'm really bored, I want to shout at the T.V. "oh yeah? I have a bacholers degree from a good University! I'm not a smoker! and I'm not old!" The fat part I don't have much to say about that, other than: "I don't want to be fat!" But other than that I ignore the commericals. I know one day soon I'll be able to get off the couch and do things in the day again. But until that day I'll try to entertain myself some way.

Wow

It's official, I'm done. I am a college graduate. I've absolutely loved being a BYU student, but I'm also so happy to be done with school and before the baby comes. I've been going to school since pre-school year in and year out, and now I'm done. Let's just say, I'm happy. Ok baby we're ready for you now :)

Things to look forward to...

One day in the near future there won't be a little person inside of me and here are a few things I'm looking forward to:

1. Sleeping on my stomach - my preferred method of sleep which I've missed a lot.

2. Going more than an hour before I think, Man I really need to go to the bathroom.

3. Curling up in a ball and stretching my back.

4. Running, jumping, pretty much moving strongly all by my self.

5. Being skinny again, and not having a fat face.

6. Standing up for long periods of time without feeling like I'm going to pass out (like being able to cook dinner without needing a break.)

7. Wearing all of my cute clothes.

8. Wearing high heels

9. Having long hair again (some how in my mind these two things are connected - baby and longer hair)

10. Robert not smelling bad to me. Since I've been pregnant my sense of smell has been way heightened. Robert really doesn't smell bad I'm sure, but he's nice enough to shower and brush his teeth often. I'm excited for him just to smell good.

And of course all the other stuff that will come with the cute, soft, smell-good nameless baby.

Oh Christmas Tree!

Well we've finally set up our Christmas tree. For any Fowler cousins that may stumble across my blog, try not to be too jealous. This tree used to be my grandma and grandpa Fowler's tree, I guess it was very vogue to have a white tree and pink ornaments. Well last year they got a new tree and were giving away this stuff. I jumped at the chance, I love donated things, and so now we have this awesome tree. It's pretty cool, but makes my apartment smell like my grandparents house - not exactly a good, or bad thing.

Well on to other things, kind of random, but this is what's been up. Last Sunday I heard a loud pop and then Robert shouted "I've been shot!" I turned around and this is what I saw:

Robert was making brownies and was opening our new can of cocoa powder. Well it shot everywhere. I laughed my head off. The best part is I said, "Hold still!" so I could run and grab the camera to take a picture. Once I took the picture I sat back down at the computer to continue reading the blog I was at. Then Robert said (in a very exasperated tone) "That's all your going to do?" That got us laughing again and I went and helped him take off his cocoa powder shirt and clean up the mess. (also, brownies went great too.)

Over Thanksgiving break I was given two baby showers. They were great, we got pretty much everything we needed. I guess my mom and Robert's mom both told people we were very poor and so many people gave us lots of diapers. It's great, I'm so happy for all the diapers. We got so many cute outfits too, and all the other essentials. Well Robert's mom, sister, and sister-in-law put together this cute diaper cake with great stuff in the cake. It's still put together because it's too cute. It has three levels of three sizes of diapers, baby care stuff (like finger nail clippers, nose sucker and all that good stuff), bottles, and hair clips. It was an awesome gift.

Ok last of the randomness. I want to introduce you all to my new best friend:

Yes, it's a humidifier. I've had such a hard time sleeping because it's so dry. My mouth and nose were so dried out and it was making me feel so sick. So we bought this humidifier and the past two nights have been so much better. I love the added moisture and the white noise. Anyone who knows my family knows we love our white noise while we sleep. Before my new friend I was waking up five or more times to go to the bathroom. The past two nights I've only woken up two or three times in the night. It makes my life so much better, the stuff of bff's right? Now I just need to name it. Any suggestions?

Well that's what's up. Schools almost over, baby's almost here, and life is good.

New Do?

Do people ever ask you if you got a new hair cut when you haven't? Well that happens to me a lot. Probably because I don't always do my hair, so when I do, its a shock to people. Since I've been pregnant the hair has been in a ponytail a lot. I do my hair when Robert and I go on a date or do something, but just to go to my night classes, why bother? I don't see Robert those nights and most of my classes I'm in a room with single guys...and heaven knows I don't want to look too cute for those boys, I don't want them to get jealous.

So yesterday my hair was done. Oh I should also mention that my hair looks a lot different from curly to straight mode. Most of the time when my hair is curly I pin back my bangs, but when I do it straight the bangs come down. Well curly is a lot easier. Shower, mousse, blow dry(diffuse) = done. But straight I have to shower, blow dry (which takes a lot longer than diffusing) and then use the flat iron to straighten my hair. So anyway, my hair is curly a lot because its faster. So back to yesterday, it was straight because I had gone to the doctor and spent most of the day with Robert. So at least like three people asked if I got a new hair cut. For example my history professor asked me if I got a hair cut. I said "no, I just actually did my hair today." The class laughed and my teacher said 'really?' I said 'yep.' I don't know if I've ever done my hair for my Wednesday night class, I usually just pull it back. Sad story I know, I should try and look better everyday, but I think it's proof that I only try and look pretty for Robert, he's the only one that matters.

Well anyway, as you can see I like my hair and it's a major topic in my life. I like the variety I can get with it. One time my sister in law Karen asked me how many different ways I can do my hair, that almost every time she sees me I had a different style. I thought it was funny, mostly because it wasn't an odd comment, it happens often, well it did when I wasn't eight months pregnant and I actually did my hair. So anyway, funny stuff, and no, I did not get a new hair cut, its actually getting a lot longer!

Yay Christmas Time!

I'm so happy it's December. I'm so excited for Christmas, the end of school, families and then for the baby to come. We came home from a really fun Thanksgiving break with all our baby stuff, and got all organized. It felt like Christmas putting up the crib and putting everything in its place. I think it's rather symbolic that we replaced the desk with a crib. Kind of like a major shift in my life. I'm no longer focusing on school, but on the baby. But I'm ok with that, I'm really ready to be done with school.

Next we're going to put up our awesome Christmas tree when Robert has a minute. We want it to be a fun thing, listen to Christmas music and make it an event but with the end of the semester, Robert is very busy with tests and work. But we'll hopefully find a time. Yes our apartment is now getting very crowded, but we expected that.

Well more to come (with pictures) after we get the tree up. Everything with the baby is coming along great. She's head down now, which is great news and everything else is going perfect. Sure I feel miserable most of the time, but I'm almost eight months pregnant, so it's expected right? She kicks me most of the time and it hurts, but I'm never worried if she's ok, she's so active I know she's healthy. As for the name...Still no name yet. But we're hoping that when we see her we'll just know.

Thankful

Well I'm feeling very blessed right now. We just went and qualified for WIC and everything is going so well for us, I feel like we are getting blessings from every direction. When we were trying to decide if we were ready to start a family Robert and I were really worried about how we could provide for a family. I promised him that we would find a way. And here we are, finding a way, or I should say, a way is being laid in front of us. So I want to list my blessings.

1. I'm so thankful for my healthy baby. It hurts and keeps me a wake when she kicks hard, but I'm so grateful to know that she is doing well. What can I complain about? My baby is too healthy? To strong? No, no complaining, its a happy thing.

2. I'm thankful that I can carry a baby. I feel huge and my back hurts a lot, but I can walk around and carry the baby just fine all by myself. I'm so grateful that I can have a baby, it's such a blessing.

3. I'm thankful that I'm graduating. I'm grateful that my classes are so easily wrapping up. My English classes is completely done, and I've gotten A's and B's on all my assignments and tests. My statistic class will be done, I'll take the final tomorrow, then I'll be done. I'm thankful that I won't have to worry about the homework when I have a baby.

4. I'm thankful that Robert is going to school and enjoying it. I'm thankful that he has such ambition and wants to do so much with his life. I will never have to motivate him to do something great, I'll just support him. I'm also grateful for the desire I have to always support him. Though it may be hard to give my blessing to Medical school or school all the way to a PhD, I'm grateful I'm brave enough.

5. I'm grateful for our apartment. It might be small, but we are warm, cozy and happy here. I'm glad I'm not scared when Robert is gone, and I'm not grossed out in my apartment. It's clean and everything works.

6. I'm grateful we live so close to so much of our family. I know in a few years we might be far a way because of school or work, and so I'm particularly grateful that we are only 45 minutes away for a few years.

7. I'm grateful for the Gospel. I'm so grateful for the plan of salvation. Our lives have so much more peace because of our knowledge of the plan. Having a baby would be pointless if there wasn't eternal families and a resurrection. What's the point of coming into this world if there was nothing afterward, and what's the point of an afterlife if we didn't have our families.

8. I'm so grateful for the generosity of our families and friends, and even the government. Everything in our apartment and now our a lot of our food is donated to us. I'm so grateful because our life wouldn't be possible without help. And now the baby stuff will come from kind friends at showers. One day we'll be in a position to tangibly help others, but for now we're trying to be grateful and humble recipients. Today in the grocery store parking lot a man came up and asked us if we had some money to help him pay for a room for the night. I felt so bad that we had to turn him away, we had no money. We had just come from the government so that we could get food so we don't starve...one day we'll be able to help others more than tithes and fast offerings.

9. I'm grateful for Robert. Its so nice to have someone absolutely adore you. I love having my special place (our apartment) where I know I am loved by everyone in that place. It's so stressful to be in places when you're not sure how people feel about you. With Robert, I always know he loves me and will do anything for me.

10. I'm grateful for another birthday, and for the many to come. I'm so grateful that I can be here for Robert and our baby. I'm grateful that we have unlimited time. Well time might not really be unlimited, but I'm glad that there is nothing hanging over our heads...we are happy and healthy and together. As long as we have that, we are eternally blessed.

Well those are just a few of things. Now don't go thinking that Robert and I are so poor, and dying or something. It's just we have a long way to go before Robert is done with school and so we are just trying to live tight so that we can make it. We're just trying to come out of school with out being more in debt that we can help. So anyway. Happy thanksgiving everyone. I hope you all have felt grateful for something lately, and you reflect on it this week.